Auchinleck

Auchinleck Scottish Gaelic: Achadh nan Leac Scots: Affleck
Auchinleck House in 2004
Auchinleck
Auchinleck shown within East Ayrshire
Population	3,512  (2001 census) est. 3,650 (2006)
OS grid reference	NS548223
Council area	East Ayrshire
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CUMNOCK
Postcode district	KA18 2xx
Dialling code	01290 42xxxx
Police	Scottish
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
EU Parliament	Scotland
UK Parliament	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Scottish Parliament	Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley
List of places UK Scotland 55°28′24″N 4°17′55″W / 55.473349°N 4.298517°W / 55.473349; -4.298517Coordinates: 55°28′24″N 4°17′55″W / 55.473349°N 4.298517°W / 55.473349; -4.298517

3,512  (2001 census)

Auchinleck (/ˌɒxᵻnˈlɛk/ OKH-in-LEK; Scots: Affleck IPA: [ˈaflɛk]/;Scottish Gaelic: Achadh nan Leac) is a village five miles south-east of Mauchline, and two miles north-west of Cumnock in East Ayrshire, Scotland.

Surrounding the village is Auchinleck Estate, centred on Auchinleck House, past home of the lawyer, diarist and biographer James Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck.

Auchinleck is situated at the heart of the ancient Kyle district of Scotland. The place-name means 'field of (flat) stones' in Scottish Gaelic, from ('field') and ('slab'). The small locality of Auchincloich has a comparable meaning.

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